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   No year given: LOU CRISCUOLO, who played Faculty Doctor #2 in "King Kong   
   Lives", is born.    
      
   1906: Daiei executive producer MASAICHI NAGATA is born in Kyoto. He produced   
   "Warning from Space", "The Whale God", the Showa Gamera series, and the   
   "Daimajin" and "Yokai Monsters", trilogies, as well as such classics as   
   "Rashomon", "Ugetsu", and "Gate    
   of Hell", which he also wrote. His son, Hidemasa Nagata, produced most of the   
   Showa Gamera films.    
      
   1924: DEAN FREDERICKS, who played Detective Curtis in "Them!", is born   
   Frederick J. Foote in Los Angeles.        
   	RONALD SINCLAIR, editor on "The Amazing Colossal Man" and "War of the   
   Colossal Beast", and editorial supervisor on "Earth vs. the Spider", is born   
   in Dunedin, New Zealand.   
      
   1931: YOSHIKO KUGA, who played the Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiko Owada in   
   "Godzilla vs. Biollante", is born in Tokyo.   
      
   1936: KOJI HASHIMOTO, director of "Sayonara Jupiter" and "Godzilla 1985", is   
   born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. He had previously been an assistant   
   director on "King Kong vs. Godzilla", "Ghidrah -- the Three-Headed Monster",   
   "Frankenstein Conquers the    
   World", "Godzilla vs. Monster Zero", "Latitude Zero", "Godzilla's Revenge",   
   "Tidal Wave", and "The Last Days of Planet Earth".   
      
   1940: RAITA RYU, who played Kimura in "G.I. Samurai", Horie in "Tokyo   
   Blackout", and Cho-san in the “20th Century Boys” trilogy, is born in Osaka.   
   He was also in “The Bullet Train”, “Kuro no kairo”, and “Kanbakku”.   
      
   1950: REUBEN LEDER, associate producer and co-writer (with his father Paul) of   
   "Ape" (also doing the sound), is born in New York City. He and his sister Mimi   
   are prolific TV directors.   
   	“Mighty Joe Young” is released in Mexico.   
      
   1954: YOICHI MIURA, who played Manabu Nonaka in "G.I. Samurai", is born in   
   Iwakura-shi, Aichi, Japan.   
      
   1959: MASAKI KYOMOTO, who played Ryusuke Taki on "Kamen Rider Black", Kurando   
   Sekine in "Sukeban Deka: Counter Attack of the Kazama Sisters", and Ryo Utsugi   
   in "Cutie Honey", and starred in "The Skull Soldier", is born in Osaka. He   
   also appeared on    
   several episodes of "Ultraman Tiga".   
      
   1968: Episode 16 of "Ultra Seven", "Shining Eyes in the Darkness", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   1970: MOGENS BRANDT, who played Police Chief Hassing in "Reptilicus", dies at   
   60.   
      
   1972: Episode 41 of "Return of Ultraman", "Revenge of Alien Baltan Jr.",   
   debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1976: RYUICHIRO NISHIOKA, who played Matoi a.k.a. Go Red on "Rescue Squadron   
   Go-Go V", is born.   
   	FRED KNOTH, who did special effects on "The Deadly Mantis", dies.   
      
   1980: NANA MIZUKI, the voice of the alien in “Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra   
   City” and Psycholon on “Kamen Rider x Super Sentai x Space Sheriff: Super Hero   
   War Z”, is born in Niihama, Ehime, Japan.   
      
   1981: MASAYUKI DEAI, who played Eiji Takaoka/Boken Silver on the "Rumbling   
   Squadron Bokenger” franchise and Ken Ashihara/Trigger Dopant in "Kamen Rider   
   Double: Forever A to Z" and “Kamen Rider Double Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal”,   
   is born in Osaka.   
      
   1984: Episode 50 of "Science Squadron Dynaman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1989: Episode 44 of "Super Animal Squadron Liveman" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   1994: Episode 47 of "Five Star Squadron Dairanger", "Wow... the Truth", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
      
   1998: Episode 21 of "Ultrman Dyna", "The 3,000-Degree Heat Monster", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2001: Episode 49, the final episode of "Kamen Rider Kuuga", "Yuusuke", debuts   
   on Japanese TV.   
   	JOSEPH O'CONOR, who played Prof. Hendricks in "Gorgo", dies.   
   	Episode 48 of "Future Squadron Timeranger" debuts on Japanese TV.   
      
   2002: JUNJI KURATA, who directed "Legend of the Dinosaurs", dies of pneumonia   
   in Kyoto.   
      
   2003: Volumes 3 and 4 of "Space Sheriff Sharivan" are released on DVD in Japan.   
   	"The Manster" is released on DVD in the U.S. by Alpha Video.   
      
   2005: "The Grudge" is released in Greece, Lithuania, Poland, and Spain.   
   	STEVE SUSSKIND, who lent his voice to the "What Dreams May Come" episode of   
   "Godzilla: The Series", dies in an automobile accident in Sunland, Calif.   
      
   2006: Episode 30 of "Ultraman Max", "With Bravery in Your Heart!", debuts on   
   Japanese TV.   
      
   2007: Episode 49, the final episode of "Kamen Rider Kabuto", debuts on TV   
   Asahi.   
      
   2009: CHARLES H. SCHNEER, who produced "It Came from Benath the Sea" and "20   
   Millions Miles to Earth", dies at 88 in Boca Raton, Fla.   
      
   2010: “Shock Labyrinth 3D” and "Yatterman" are released in Italy.   
      
   2011: "Trollhunter" premieres in the U.S. at the Sundance Film Festival.   
   	"Monsters" is released in Estonia and Spain.   
      
   2012: "Kaizoku sentai Gokaija tai Uchu keiji Gyaban the Movie" ("Pirate   
   Squadron Gokaiger vs. Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie") is released in Japan.   
      
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